Tumble display device



April 4, 1950 H. w. ALTON 2,502,693

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Patented Apr. 4, 1950 UNITED S TATES PATENT OF FlCE TUMBLE DISPLAYfDEVICE Howard W. Alton, Mount lrospechl h Application March 22, 1946, SelialNo. 656,268

Claims. .1 My invention is concerned with improvements in a tumble display device for retailstores or the like.

In providing a display of merchandise, such as canned or bottled goods forexample, the re tail Storekeeper prefers. a display device which is easily set up, which provides an attractive display of the goods, whichrequires a minimum arrangement of supporting means or the like, which is easily moved about and from which at least a portion of the goods maybe sold without destroying the attractiveness of the display. The manufacturer or wholesaler who generally supplies the display device for the storekeeper pr fers a device which will be acceptable to the storekeeper, which-will provide .an attractive display of the merchandise, which has adequate surface for'printing or attaching advertising matter, which ,is readily collapsible for storageand shipment, and which will be rug ed :enough to stand a reasonable amount of use before it is discarded-but which may be manufactured eco nomically so that it is not too costly to replace the device with a new and possibly different one at frequent intervals.

It is an object of my invention to provide a display device which is adapted to be placed on the open top of-a'standard size case of merchandise such as canned or bottledfruits or beverages, and to receive therein an additional quantity of the merchandise for display without-rearranging the merchandise in the case.

It is another object of my invention to provide a display device which may be made of cardboard or'similar-material, which may be collapsed for shipment or storage,'which isreadilyset up for use and upon which advertising matter "may be readily printed or-attached.

These and other objects will be apparentfrom a description of the preferred form of my device which is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my display device positioned for display use on the open top of an empty carton or case;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my display device arranged as in Fig. 1;

Fig." 3 is a front elevation of the same;

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the same;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 7 is a view showing the display device in knockdown and flattened condition.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 of the drawings,

\ the back panel l '0'.

panel H.

- providedin-the endwalls l2, l3.

the preferred. form of, my devicesc mprise a cenerally vertical upwardly extending back panel member "I ll, a generally vertical, downwardly :extendingziront panel member i l, and spaced outer :side or end Walls l2 and ['3 extending between and "connecting the back panel to "and front The front panel H is provided with an in.-

vlardly directed and downwardly-sloping wall member M which terminates in .afront .flap mem, her it. The end walls 12 and lsgare provided with inwardly directed @and downwardly sloping wall members it and l'l,g respecti.v,ely, which-terminategin-endflap members l8 and l figrespeca tively. The sloping end wall ;members 16 and H are -provided'with connecting end tags, 20 and M which are permanentlysecured to the-sloping front wallmember 'M'by staples 23 Many other conventional fastening means.

End tabs Mandi-24 are provided on the front panel ll adjacent'the top edge or fo-ld line 25, Whichrare'detac'hably secured to thee-rid walls l2 and I3 by means of hook-shaped'lockingtabs 2t and 21 thereon engaging in the slots 28and'29 The enduwalls lilwand [3 are detachably connected to the back panel ;I0 byintegral tabs :30 and 3| on the end walls engaging in oooperatingslots 32 and 33 in The sloping end walls I 5 and l! .aredetachabl-y connected to the back panel ID by integral tabs 34 and 35 onthe walls enrgaging-in cooperating'slots 36 and '37 on the back panel. Theback panel i0 is provided with a restricted lower portion or extension 38 which correspondstotheflapslE, l8, l9 on the front and end wall members.

As shown in Fig. 7; the back panel ll) of my display device is constructed from a single blank and 'ma-y becompletely separated from the end wall members l2, l6, l8 and I3, ll, ill by disengaging tabs 30, 3| and 34, 35 from the slots 32, 33 and 36, 31. The front portion of my device is formed from a single blank and provided with the score lines 25 and 39 on which the blank is v folded to provide the wall members H, M and IS.

The ends of the device are formed from separate blanks and provided with the score lines 40, M, 42 and 43, 44, 45. The end members l6 and I! are permanently connected to the front wall member M by stapling the connecting tabs 20, 2| to the ends thereof.

When disassembled the ends may be folded along the score lines 42 and 45, onto the front members II, M and I5 for packing or storing. When erected for display use the folds 25, 40

and 44 become the top front and end edges of the device and the folds 39, 4! and 43 form the lower limits of thefront and end inner slopin walls l4, l6, H. The connecting tabs 23, 24 are folded on the lines 46 and 41 to permit insertion of the locking tabs 26, 21 in the slots 28, 29 to secure the front panel H in position.

In use my device is assembled and placed on the open top of a carton or box 46 of merchandise with the flap members l5, l8, and I9 and the back extension 38 positioned between the contents of the carton or box 46 and the walls of the same.

The contents of the supporting carton or box 46 may remain undisturbed as illustrated in Fig. 6. The sloping walls I6, I! and I9 form a funnellike extension for the carton 46 and additional merchandise may be tumbled or piled therein.

Any or all of the walls of the device may be printed or otherwise supplied with advertising matter relating to the merchandise on display. The merchandise may be sold directly from the display device and the supply of the same replenished, as needed, without detracting from the effectiveness of the display. The device is dimensioned so that it will fit on the standard size cartons conventionally used. The front and back panels I and I I may be varied in height or shape, if desired, to meet particular conditions or requirements and to adapt the device to various kinds of merchandise. While the front and back panels l0 and H are illustrated as extending substantially vertically, it is understood that they may be sloped, if desired. The top end edges 40, 43 of the illustrated form of my device slope somewhat inwardly and downwardly toward the front of the device to better display the merchandise placed therein.

In describing the preferred form of my device I have referred to specific details of construction and materials, but it will be understood that other forms of construction and other materials may be resorted to within the scope of my invention.

I claim:

1. A tumble display device comprising a generally vertical front panel, a generally vertical back panel, spaced outer end panels connecting the front and back panels, sloping inner walls extending inwardly and downwardly from the top of the front panel and the tops of the end panels terminating in flap members, a downwardly directed flap-like portion on said back panel, said sloping inner walls and flap members cooperating with said back panel and its flaplike extension to form a funnel-like receptacle adapted to be placed on the open top of a case of merchandise with the flap members disposed adjacent the inner side walls of the case and to receive for display therein additional merchandise.

2. A tumble display device comprising a back panel having a downwardly directed flap-like lower extension adapted to be positioned within a rectangular open top merchandise container in contiguous relation to a wall thereof, a front panel having an inwardly and downwardly directed sloping inner wall member terminating in a downwardly directed flap member; said flap member being adapted to be positioned within said merchandise container in contiguous relation to a wall opposite to the wall receiving said back panel, extension side panels connecting said front and back panels and having inwardly and downwardly directed sloping inner wall members terminating in downwardly directed flap members, said flap members being adapted to be positioned within said container against "inner walls and their flap members cooperating the remaining walls thereof, said inner Wall members adapted to extend above said merchandise container and cooperating with said back panel to form a display receptacle for receiving additional merchandise.

3. A tumble display device comprising a generally vertical front panel, a generally vertical back panel, spaced outer end panels and sloping inner front and end walls, said outer end panels connecting said front and back panels, said inner walls extending inwardl and downwardly from the tops of said outer front and end panels and terminating in flap members, said with the lower portion of said back panel to form a funnel-like receptacle adapted to be placed on the open top of a case of merchandise with the .flap members disposed adjacent the inner side walls of the case to receive for display therein additional merchandise.

4. A tumble display device as recited in claim 3 wherein the outer end panels and the inner end walls are detachably connected to the back panel.

5. A tumble display device as recited in claim 4 wherein the outer end panels are detachably connected to the front panel and the inner end walls are hingedly connected to the inner front wall.

HOWARD W. ALTON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date -1,941,819 Walker Jan. 2, 1934 2,229,257 Reaume Jan. 21, 1941 2,240,282 Beaman Apr. 29, 1941 2,331,551 Guyer Oct. 12, 1943 2,352,393 Lee June 27, 1944 

